Ep.12. Committed 5. Opening worship outwards: diving deep with the 90%

This episode, published during Pentecost 2020, the festival of intended inclusion, just as America is rocked by racial pain that can no longer be contained, the reality of exclusion - just as we are are beginning to re-open our shuttered churches. Perhaps it is time not simply to re-open, but to re-imagine.  

If we can do that, would it be so difficult for us to open our worship patterns enough, that those who have come to our land as immigrants could also join us for worship? Since we have already come through much greater change, moving our worship from in-person to online and virtual, and we are still here, with faith and most of our psyches intact - what reason could we have for refusing to make space for those who've arrived more recently than us, differently accented, differently hued?

This is the first of a two-part series on opening our worship outwards. Today the focus is on understanding worship as experienced by the hearts and minds of most of the people in the world - a deep dive into the collectivist experience. 

If you want to see your faith community open, explore, welcome - you may find very helpful! In this episode Damber Khadka helps us understand, at a deep level, what's happing in the hearts and minds of newcomers in worship, an insight into why this connection so often goes wonky, and what we can do to open our circle wider.

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